# Best Parks in Tokyo

Edo-era daimyo gardens, cherry blossom hotspots and Shibuya's weekend gathering ground make up Tokyo's best green spaces. · community starter list

7 parks in Tokyo, including Yoyogi Park (Shibuya, Tokyo). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

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**Updated:** 2026-08-18 04:38:10

1. **[Yoyogi Park](/e/yoyogi-park---713.md)** (park) — Large Shibuya park next to Meiji Jingu, known as a Sunday gathering spot for musicians, cosplayers and street performers, and for spring cherry blossoms. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/21/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyogi_Park
2. **[Ueno Park](/e/ueno-park---714.md)** (park) — Japan's most-visited city park, home to the Tokyo National Museum, Ueno Zoo and roughly 800 cherry trees; opened in 1873 as one of Japan's first public parks. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/482/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ueno_Park
3. **[Shinjuku Gyoen](/e/shinjuku-gyoen---715.md)** (park) — 58-hectare national garden blending French formal, English landscape and Japanese traditional styles, with roughly 1,500 cherry trees and a large greenhouse. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/75/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Gyoen
4. **[Hamarikyu Gardens](/e/hamarikyu-gardens---716.md)** (park) — Former Tokugawa-family villa garden with a seawater tidal pond drawing from Tokyo Bay, plus a central teahouse for matcha and seasonal peony and plum groves. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/20/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama-rikyu_Gardens
5. **[Rikugien](/e/rikugien---717.md)** (park) — Edo-period daimyo garden near Komagome built around a central pond and hill, its name referencing the six principles of waka poetry; a special place of scenic beauty. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/22/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikugien
6. **[Koishikawa Korakuen](/e/koishikawa-korakuen---718.md)** (park) — One of Tokyo's three surviving early Edo-period daimyo gardens, near Suidobashi, with ponds and stonework designated a Special Place of Scenic Beauty since 1952. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/24/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koishikawa_K%C5%8Drakuen
7. **[Kitanomaru Park](/e/kitanomaru-park---719.md)** (park) — Former outer grounds of Edo Castle, now a park near Kudanshita hosting the Nippon Budokan and the National Museum of Modern Art, opened to the public in 1969. — score 0 — endorsements 0

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- [Best Parks in London](/united-kingdom-london/best-parks---68.md) — London
- [Best Parks in Paris](/france-paris/best-parks---126.md) — Paris

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